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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11245
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14006
13 Actual Demand 10940
14 Aggregate Planning 11861
15 Air Cargo 9790
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6400
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34508
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15169
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18859
20 Assembly Line 21458
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22625
22 Average Speed of Answer 26340
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22604
24 Batch Production 37571
25 Bill Discounting 14089
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10788
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6895
28 Blanket Release 9735
29 Bonded Warehouse 9834
30 Booking Number 13385
31 Bottleneck 9198
32 Buffer Stock 58261
33 Build to Stock 12698
34 Bullwhip Effect 9266
35 Business Logistics 25058
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12301
37 Capacity Management 39472
38 Capacity Utilization 13746
39 Capital Intensive 8077
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8347
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11820
42 Certified Supplier 8797
43 Channel Effectiveness 8763
44 Co-Destiny 9032
45 Co-managed Inventory 12180
46 Co-Packers 11537
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6597
48 Computer-Based Training 7478
49 Consular Invoice 19308
50 Container Depot 10342
51 Container Freight Station 10113
52 Continuous Replenishment 19176
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11805
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7745
57 Cost Flow 10053
58 Courier Service 14838
59 CPFR 7993
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11522
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43304
62 Date Code 17724
63 Days of Supply 19458
64 Dead on Arrival 8922
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7849
67 Detective Control 8686
68 Devanning 13982
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10588
70 Dispatching 23625
71 Distributed Inventory 8163
72 Distribution Channel Management 34038
73 Distribution Metrics 8707
74 Distribution Planning 23895
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14845
76 Double Marginalization 52178
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21985
78 Dual 5260
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20296
80 Echelon Inventory 25856
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37947
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48842
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7401
84 Efficient Frontier 24963
85 Engineer-to-Order 31251
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15941
87 Erlang B Formula 9088
88 ETD 8078
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13139
91 Exponential smoothing 9606
92 External Growth 9818
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9204
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9681
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8423
97 Fishbone Diagram 14299
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26513
99 Flow Through Distribution 12039
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7920
101 FOB Destination 12676
102 Forward buying 29711
103 Freight Charge 10092
104 Freight Consolidation 7317
105 Gantt Chart 8109
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11412
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29173
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23046
110 Idle Time 7862
 
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